Metallic window frame or sash.



C. DIPPLE, J'R.

METALLIC WINDOW FRAME OR SASH.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 30. I913.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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TED STATES PATENT onion.

CHARLES DIPPLE, JR, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

METALLIC WINDOW FRAME 0R SASH.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES DIrPLn, Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and.

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic lVindow Frames or Sashes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to window sashes or frames constructed of metal, the object being to simplify and cheapen the cost of constructing such structures.

According to this invention the sash or frame is constructed of standard shaped parts which may therefore be supplied from the ordinary stock carried by dealers in metal whereby the expense of obtaining specially formed material is overcome. Also such parts are of skeleton form so that all the necessary holes Or notches may be made by a punching operation in contradistinction to the drilling and tapping hereto fore usually resorted to.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel construction of metal window sash or frame and the details thereof hereinafter more particularly described and then specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a rear elevation of a window'sash or frame constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. '2 is a horizontal transverse section taken on the line 2, 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section through one of the sides of the sash. Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse section through the muntin or dividing member of the sash.

The side and end members of the sash or frame comprise a strip of angle iron 1, one flange of which forms one face of the sash or frame while the other flange forms the edge thereof and incloses the frame leaving a solid smooth surface. The angle iron for the sides and ends of the frame is preferably of one continuous piece or length of ma terial, one of the flanges thereof being notched out or mftered as at 2 where it is desired to form a corner of the sash or frame. The other flange of the angle iron is bent around at the corners until the mitered portions close and the free ends are brought together preferably at the corner 3 and secured together in any suitable man: ner.

4 indicates a metal plate or flat bar forming the face of the sash or frame opposite Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Application filed July 30, 1913. Serial No. 782,135.

to the face flange of the angle iron member 1. Preferably a separate bar 4 is provided for each side of the frame, the outer longitudinal edge bearing against the inner face of the edge flange of the member 1. The bars 4 are spaced apart from the face flange of the member 1 to provide a repository for the glass by means of spacing members 5, a separate spacing member being preferably provided for each side of the frame. Said spacing members are formed of U or channel shaped lengths of metal, the base of which preferably seats against the inner surface of the face flange of the member 1 and the free edges form a seat for the plate or bar 4-.

6 indicates bolts passing preferably loosely through holes punchedin the member 1, bar 4 and channel 5.

7 indicates a nut by which the spacing member is secured to the frame member 1 whereby the spacing member is held rigidly in place prior to securing the bar 4 to the frame. The bar 4 is secured in place by nuts 8 on the ends of the bolts 6.

9 indicates the pane of glass held in the space between the members 1 and 4 by putty 10 or any other suitable composition as is usual in the art.

When it is desired to divide the frame either longitudinally or vertically or both. additional spacing members 5 are provided at the desired points. the faces of the partitions thus formed being formed by flat bars 11 and 12 (see Fig. 4) held in place by bolts 6 as in the case of the side members of the frame. In the drawing but one muntin is illustrated. dividing the frame vertically.

By this construction it will be seen that the bar 4 of the frame mav be removed without disassembling the entire frame. the spacing member 5 and angle member 1 being l cked together by nuts 7. The parts are formed of relatively light material which can be simplv punched to provide the necessary holes and the expense of drilling and tapping heavy piece of'metal is dispensed with.

It will he understood that my invention is not limited to the exact details of construction as shown and described but various m difications might be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention as set f rth in the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention is 1,- ,In a metal window frame, the combination of independent plates or strip forming opposite faces of the frame, a channel shaped spacing member betweensaid strips and arranged with its base against one of said strips and the free edges of its arms against the other strip, a. nut and bolt for securing said spacing member to one of said strips and a second nut on said bolt adapted to secure the other strip to the spacing member whereby one of said strips may be a removed Without loosening the spacing memher.

2. In a metal window frame, the combination of an angle iron member the flanges of which form respectively a face of the frame and an edge thereof, a flat bar or strip forming the opposite face of the frame, a channel shaped spacing member arranged With its base against the face flange of the; angle iron member, bolts passing through said spacing member and provided with means for securing said spacing mem- CHARLES DIPPLE, J R.

WVitnesses WILLIAM A. OConNoR, EDWARD C. DISBROW.

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